1962 Berlin Grand Prix
The Berlin Grand Prix , also known as the International AvD Avus Race (Grand Prize of Berlin), Avus , was a GT race that was held on May 13, 1962 on the Berlin Avus . At the same time, the race was the sixth round of this year's sports car world championship .
The race
The Berlin Grand Prix was one of the GT races that took place in the 1962 sports car world championship . With the exception of a GSM Delta, only Abarth and BMW vehicles competed in this race . The Swiss Robert Jenny won ahead of his brand colleagues Herbert Demetz and Gérard Langlois van Ophem .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | GT 1.0 | 40 | Abarth | Robert Jenny | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 40 | ||
2 | GT 1.0 | 41 | Abarth | Herbert Demetz | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 40 | ||
3 | GT 1.0 | 37 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Gérard Langlois van Ophem | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 37 | ||
4th | GT 1.0 | 33 | Abarth | Hans-Georg Plaut | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 36 | ||
5 | GT 1.0 | 44 | Keith Holland | Keith Holland | GSM Delta | 36 | ||
6th | GT 700 | 55 | Abarth | Teodoro Zeccoli | Fiat-Abarth 700 | 35 | ||
7th | GT 1.0 | 39 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Yves Deprez | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 34 | ||
8th | GT 700 | 51 | Nürburgring racing community | Walter Schneider | BMW 700 | 34 | ||
9 | GT 1.0 | 36 | Abarth | Claude Bobrowski | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 33 | ||
10 | GT 700 | 57 | Wolfgang Seidel | Wolfgang Seidel | Fiat-Abarth 700 | 33 | ||
11 | GT 1.0 | 38 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Claude Dubois | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 32 | ||
12 | GT 1.0 | 30th | Abarth | Hans Herrmann | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 32 | ||
13 | GT 700 | 46 | Nürburgring racing community | Hubert Hahne | BMW 700 | 32 | ||
14th | GT 700 | 48 | Nürburgring racing community | Heinz Schreiber | BMW 700 | 32 | ||
15th | GT 700 | 45 | Equipe Nationale Belge | Carl Smet | BMW 700 | 30th | ||
16 | GT 700 | 49 | Nürburgring racing community | Jürgen Zink | BMW 700 | 30th | ||
17th | GT 700 | 47 | Nürburgring racing community | Wolfgang Levy | BMW 700 | 30th | ||
18th | GT 700 | 52 | Nürburgring racing community | Dieter Jeub | BMW 700 | 29 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
19th | GT 1.0 | 31 | Abarth | Eberhard Mahle | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 15th | ||
20th | GT 1.0 | 36 | Abarth | Oddone Sigala | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | 15th | ||
21st | GT 1.0 | 52 | Abarth | Manfred Hönig | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | |||
22nd | GT 1.0 | 34 | Abarth | Mauro Bianchi | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | |||
23 | GT 700 | 50 | Nürburgring racing community | Helfried Vogel | BMW 700 | |||
24 | GT 700 | 52 | Abarth | Giovanni Pessina | Fiat-Abarth 700 |
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
class | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
---|---|---|---|
GT 1.0 | Robert Jenny | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | Overall victory |
GT 700 | Teodoro Zeccoli | Fiat-Abarth 700 | Rank 6 |
Racing data
- Registered: 24
- Started: 24
- Valued: 18
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: rain
- Route length: 8.300 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 1: 52: 23.800 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 40
- Total distance of the winning team: 332,000 km
- Winner's average: 177.229 km / h
- Pole position: Eberhard Mahle - Fiat-Abarth 1000 (# 31) - 2: 44.800 = 181.311 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Robert Jenny - Fiat-Abarth 1000 (# 31) - 2: 40.100 = 186.633 km / h
- Racing series: Round 6 of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship
Web links
Predecessor race Targa Florio 1962 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1962 |